Concerts
2026 / 2027 Season
Season tickets are now on sale here.
Individual tickets will go on sale September 1.
Tickets are $15 general admission.
Individual tickets can be purchased in advance online (below) or at the door the day of the concert.
UWO students get in free with Titan ID.
All concerts take place in the newly renovated Music Hall, 1001 Elmwood Ave. on the campus of UW-Oshkosh.
Concert parking is free and is allowed in the UWO parking lots. (Lots 3, 4, 11, 27, and 29 are recommended)
Sat. Oct. 17, 7pm
This concert marks a thrilling new chapter for music in our community. We launch our grand 85th season with a ribbon cutting. Be there when we unveil the beautifully renovated and newly accessible Music Hall, located on the campus of UW-Oshkosh.
As OSO’s 85-year legacy connects us to Oshkosh’s vibrant past, our concert hall has been rebuilt, creating a new dedicated space for us to gather and listen to great music, connecting us for generations to come. Concert spaces craft more than just excellent acoustics, they frame our shared experience. Hear fantastic music in a newly redesigned space crafted just for you.
We ignite the festivities with Ludwig van Beethoven’s joyous Name Day Overture, which offers us a celebratory tone, perfect for the debut of our new home. The spotlight then turns to the rich sonorities of featured soloist, violist MATTHEW MICHELIC. He will perform Georg Philipp Telemann’s lively Concerto for Viola in G major and Max Bruch’s deeply expressive Romance. The second half of the concert we pull out all the stops to showcase the hall's brilliant new acoustics with Modest Mussorgsky’s monumental Pictures at an Exhibition as arranged by the greatest musical painter, Maurice Ravel—music that transforms a friend’s artwork into the most gorgeous orchestral sound.
Oct 17 tickets will go on sale Sep 1.
Sat. Dec. 12, 3&7pm
Festive and family-friendly, this concert is full of holiday spirit. Gather your family and friends for a concert bursting with seasonal joy and nostalgia. You’re invited to step into the enchanting winter wonderland that is created by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Hear his timeless Suite combined with text from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original nutcracker story. UW-Oshkosh Chancellor, DR. MANOHAR SINGH, will narrate the story, which offers a new perspective on the glittering dances that bring holiday dreams to life. Come share in the storytelling with the people who matter most, for one and all.
Providing that unmistakable glow of the season, hear Dan Goeller’s magnificent, cinematic arrangements of traditional carols. His settings will sweep you away. Whether it be the soaring beauty of his The First Noel or the uplifting fanfare of his Angels We Have Heard on High, you’ve not heard traditional carols set quite like this before. And from modern carols like the tender lullaby Gesu Bambino or the reverent warmth of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, let the magnificent sounds of your symphony ring in the happiest time of the year. This concert is designed to be a sanctuary of holiday spirit, promoting a sense of shared community and civic warmth.
3pm Dec 12 tickets on sale Sep 1.
7pm Dec 12 tickets on sale Sep 1.
FREE FOR THOSE 18 & UNDER
NOTE: The 3pm concert will be tailored for young families, not lasting more than an hour and be without an intermission. The 7pm concert will be a full concert.
Sun. May 2, 3pm
An afternoon of song, spirit, and symphonic triumph as we reach the highly anticipated summit of our four-year Antonín Dvořák symphony cycle. Hear his legendary Symphony No. 9, subtitled From the New World. The music may be the greatest symphony ever composed on our soil. The music is a towering masterpiece that blends breathtaking melodies with fierce rhythmic energy, perfectly capturing the spirit of discovery, wide-open horizons, and the search for home.
During the second half of the program, the hall will truly overflow. Community pride will be on full-display when OSO joins forces with UW-Oshkosh choirs, directed by DR. KRISTIN RAMSEYER, and a festival choir of stellar vocalists from area high schools. Together, these massive forces will perform Elaine Hagenberg’s modern masterwork Illuminare. The music guides the listener, with grit, through darkness toward peace and light. This performance brings our entire community together, bridging generations of musicians, to celebrate the enduring bonds that connect us all.
May 2 tickets on sale Sep 1.
